SKDocks gives a brief introduction to the history of the area. A London Inheritance have done their usual thorough job with lots of images.
In the 1976 film To the Devil a Daughter Richard Widmark's character has a flat here so you see inside a converted warehouse. Also, during a chase, Widmark gets to operate the retractable Telford Bridge, which is quite slow-going but he still catches the run-away. This was replaced in 1994 so the one on film is earlier, possibly the original?
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
St Katharine Docks
The Tea Trade at St Katharine Docks This plaque commemorates 335 years of th...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
St Katharine Docks
This inscription is on a large slate stone positioned in the ground at the en...
The information states that the sculpting was done "on this site", but the Co...
2014: We've corrected the British Engineerium Trust web address on the panel ...
The Aldersgate printer of John Wesley's Journal. Born Edinburgh. Also printed the works of Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith and Edward Gibbon.
Person, Commerce, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Religion, Scotland
Publican of The Intrepid Fox in Wardour Street where he died. An ardent supporter of the politician, Charles Fox he named his pub after him. A family tree website carries a transcription of "The Li...
The world's first business computer was built and operated by J. Lyons & Co. The LEO website provides: In October 1947, the directors of J. Lyons & Company, a British catering company famo...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them